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A police officer escaped death during a shoot-out with gunmen in St Ann’s on Ash Wednesday.

Police said officers were on mobile patrol when they got word of a man who was armed with a gun on Fondes Amandes Road, St Ann’s. Police responded and saw a group of men who started running towards some bushes.

Police chased them but the gunmen opened fire and PC Mc Alister was hit. Luckily, he was wearing a vest and a walkie-talkie. The bullet hit the walkie-talkie.